APPLE JALEBI

Apple jalebi is also called as apple fritters.. It is little modified version of jalebi..If you are bored of normal jalebi go for this version ...its so yummy ...serve hot ...

INGREDIENTS:

• Apple - 2 no
• Maida - 11/2cup
• Corn flour - 3 tsp
• Curd - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Water - 3/4 cup
• Ilachi  powder 
• Kesar color

PROCEDURE:

Jalebi batter:

• In a bowl , mix maida ,corn flour, curd and make lump free batter
• Add kesar color to the batter
• Leave this batter for 2 - 3 hours on counter top
• Make a batter so that batter is running consistency as shown Pic

Sugar syrup:

• To make sugar syrup, In a sauce pan add sugar and water mix well..
• Let it boil and reach one string consistency..
• Add Ilachi powder ...Add a 1 tsp of lemon juice to sugar syrup and mix well

For frying:

• Wash , peel and cut the apple 
• Heat the oil for frying

• Meanwhile, coat the apple with dry maida 

• Dip the apple in jalebi batter and fry in oil
• Take the jalebi out when it is golden brown and crispy
• Now dip in sugar syrup

• Yummy apple jalebi ready

KOOZH AND KALI

Koozh is fermented porridge made from kali.. we can even say it is farmer's breakfast in Tamilnadu... It is so healthy made from Ragi(finger millet)....During festive season of Aadi mostly very amman temple serve this Koozh...

         In my ammama (mummy's mother ,she is great cook) house, ...she used to used make this kali...There will be big wooden ladle specially designed for this ..and she dips her hands in a water take a hot kali makes them into big balls... It is served with dry fish kuzhamu or kara kuzhamu..

         As i said before koozh is prepared from fermented kali..kali is fermented in water overnight ..next day it is mixed with water and curd ... it is served with murungai keerai poriyal, kara kuzhamu...or simply served shallots, green chilli and pickle.

      Koozh is very good coolant ,it is mostly taken in summer..

INGREDIENTS:

1. Ragi (finger millet ) powder - 1/4 cup
2. cooked rice - 1/2 cup
3. salt to taste
4. curd as required
5. Water - 2 cup

PROCEDURE:

KALI:

• In the sauce pan , add ragi and salt
• Now add water little by little and mix them into lump free batter 
• Switch on the stove, In low flame cook them slowly

• Mix well continuously otherwise it will form lumps.
• It will come to thick paste like consistency ,now add mashed cooked rice
• cook for few more mins ,now switch off 
• Wet the hands and make them into big balls,do this when they are hot.

• Now kali is ready.

KOOZH:

• Fill the bowl with water
• Dip the ladle in water,using this ladle scoop out the kali and drop them in water

• Now fermented it overnight
• Next morning mix well with water 
• Add curd and mix well
• Koozh is ready

STUFFED OKRA

Every weekend my hubby prepares lunch for us..This weekend he prepared stuffed okra... it is yumm yumm.. When your hubby cooks for you and you sit relaxing ,its a heaven...

Ingredients:

1. Okra - 250g
2. Onion - 1no
3. Urad daal - 1tsp
4. Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
5. Curry leaves
6. Oil

For stuffing:

1. Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
2. Coriander powder - 1 tsp
3. Grated coconut - 3 tsp
4. Besan - 1 tsp
5. Tumeric powder - 1 tsp
6. Groundnut powder - 1 tsp
7. Lemon juice - 1 tsp
8. Salt to taste

Procedure:

1. Chop off both ends and make a slit
2. Mix all the stuffing ingredients with little water
3. In a frying pan, add oil and tamper mustard seeds,urad daal,curry leaves
4. Add onion and saute well
5. Meanwhile stuff the okra
6. Now stuffed okra in the pan..saute well
7. Cook in very flame for 8 -10 mins
8. Serve hot.

INSTANT RASAM WITHOUT RASAM MASALA

Rasam is south Indian soup traditionally made with  tamarind water and rasam masala.. every household have different version of rasam.. Rasam can also made using tomato , lemon, pineapple..even i tasted green apple rasam...

This rasam recipe actually my mom's recipe..I made little improvisation ...

INGREDIENTS:

1. Black Pepper - 2 tsp
2. Cumin seeds - 2 tsp
3. Garlic - 5 no
4. Tomato - 1 no
5. Curry leaves
6. Tamarind - lemon size
7. Dry red chilli -3 no
8. Asofoetida
9. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
10. Coriander leaves 
11. Salt to taste

PROCEDURE:

1. Soak the tamarind in the Luke warm water.. extract the juice from it
2. In a mixer jar,add pepper and cumin seeds and grind into course powder
3. Then add tomato , garlic , curry leaves ,coriander leaves... Pulse it again.. Don't grind it just pulse it (I use this method so that we will eat curry leaves )
4. Mix this mixture in tamarind water and add salt to taste
5. In the sauce pan, add tsp of oil then add mustard seeds,curry leaves, dry red chilli and asofoetida
6. Now add this tamarind mixture to pan...When foaming bubbles forms on the surface..switch off the flame..never let it boil..
7. Garnish with coriander leaves..

ROSE COCONUT LADOO

Rose coconut ladoo is easy to make... Usually coconut ladoo made using sugar syrup ..But here i used condensed milk..so its easy to make and reduce time of cooking...

Here i added rose syrup to give extra flavor... It is a soft and tasty ladoo

Ingredients:

1. Desiccated coconut - 2 1/2cup( 1/2cup for coating)
2. milk powder - 1/3cup
3. Condensed milk - 1/2 cup
4. Rose syrup - 1/4cup
5. Elachi powder - 1/2tsp
6. Ghee - 1 tsp

Procedure:

1. In a sauce pan ,add all the ingredients and mix well

2. Switch on the stove,until mixture comes together.

3. Switch off the flame,let it cool little bit

4.make small round balls

5.Coat the ladoo with desiccated coconut

6.Yummy rose coconut ladoo ready

ROASTED BELL PEPPER AND TOMATO SOUP

Tomato soup is easiest and tasty soup to make that too with fried bread pieces yum yum .. bored of regular tomato soup.. Here is Tomato soup with a twist.

         

I roasted red bell pepper,onion...i used red colour to maintain red color of the soup.. if we want to add more flavor we can roast garlic also..

I directly roasted on the stove top.. if we want we can roast on oven also..

Ingredients:

1. Tomato - 2 no
2. Onion - 1 no
3. Red bell pepper - 1/2
4. garlic
5. Celery
6. Italian herbs
7. Olive oil
8. Salt to taste
9. Pepper

Procedure:

1. Roast the onion and bell pepper and then peel off outer burnt skin...
2. Cut them into small pieces
3. In a sauce pan ,add garlic and celery saute well..
4. Then add roasted bell pepper and onion.. now chopped tomatoes saute well
5. Add salt to taste and Italian herbs..Add required water/vegetable stock
6. Then puree them and strain it 
7. Cook for few mins
8. Yummy soup ready...Serve hot

BISI BELA BATH

Bisi bela bath is a famous Karnataka dish.. Bisi bela bath is literally means " hot lentil rice''..Actually its a sambar rice...each state as its own version of sambar...

   

Bisi bela bath has different stages of cooking... pressure cooking lentils and rice separately..then comes important part preparing bisi bela bath masala..In a original masala ,they put cinnamon,cloves with other ingredients (red chillies, coriander seeds, methi seeds, cumin seeds, pepper corns,)

In my recipe i made very simple .. i did everything in one pot(pressure cooker)..usually they make masala powder.. instead i made into paste..

its a very tasty and healthy dish with lot of vegetables  (carrot,  beans,snowbeans,potatoes,drumsticks,okra ..)

Ingredients:

1. Rice - 1 cup
2. Toor daal - 1/2 cup
3. Vegetables of your choices
4. Onion - 1 no(small onion gives great taste)
5. Tomato - 1 no
6. chilli powder - 1/2tsp
7. Tumeric powder -- 1/2tsp
8. salt to taste
9. Musturd seeds - 1 tsp
10. Asofoetida
11. Curry leaves

Dry roast Masala:

1. Grated coconut - 3 tbsp
2. Dry red chilli - 4 no
3. Coriander seeds - 2 tbsp
4. Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
5. Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp
6. Pepper - 1 tsp
7. Channa daal - 2 tbsp
8. Urad daal - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Dry roast all masala ingredients and grind them to smooth paste
2. In a pressure cooker, add oil with musturd seeds,curry leaves, asofoetida 
3. Add onion and tomato ,saute well then add tumeric powder, chilli powder and salt
4. Add vegetables and saute for few mins
5. Now add masala paste and then add rice and toor daal..
6. Here for one cup of rice and half cup of daal ,i added 5 cups of water
7. Pressure cook for 3 whistles
8. Mix well and add some ghee (optional)
9. Serve hot with papa

PASTA STUFFED BELL PEPPER

Bell pepper is one of my favorite vegetable..usually i use it in egg sandwich or as pizza toppings..but, this time i tried stuffing bell pepper/capsicum with pasta

       

Its simple and easy to make..use more different bell peppers..these colours bring life to dish....

INGREDIENTS:

1. BELL PEPPER - 2NO
2. BOILED PASTA
3. WHITE SAUCE
4. VEGETABLES OF YOUR CHOICE
5. MIXED ITALIAN HERBS
6. CHILLI FLAKES
7. GRATED CHEESE

PROCEDURE:

Pasta stuffing:

Step 1:

white sauce : 

          In a sauce pan,add butter and one tsp of maida..roast them in very low flame ..then add cold milk mix well so that no lumps ..the sauce will become thick we can add herbs ,salt to taste, pepper..mix well.. now sauce is ready

Step 2:

           In a pan,add olive oil ,garlic ,onion ..saute well, then add vegetables cook them well.. add salt ,   herbs ,chilli flakes..add boiled pasta  and mix well

Now add white sauce mix well..stuffing is ready

Preparation of bell pepper:

1. Cut the top portion of bell pepper and deseed it...coat with salt and pepper..
2. Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius for 10 mins
3. Stuff the bell pepper with pasta
4. Top it with cheese
5. bake it oven at 180 degree Celsius for 15 - 20 mins or bell pepper is well cooked

KERRAI MASIYAL / BABY SPINACH MASIYAL

Keerai masiyal:

Keerai masiyal is simple ,easy to go dish with rice...This is my mummy recipe...it tastes so yummy with only few ingredients....i made this keerai masiyal using baby spinach..

Ingredients:

1. Baby spinach - a bunch
2. Garlic - 6 cloves
3. Onion - 1 no
4. Tomato - 1 no
5. Tamarind - pearl size
6. Dry red chilli - 2-3no
7. Musturd seeds - 1 tsp
8. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
9. Asofoetida

Procedure:

1. Wash the baby spinach and chop them finely..
2. In a sauce pan ,add oil saute garlic ,onion , tomato ,saute well
3. Then add chopped spinach saute well and add tamarind ,salt 
4. Add little water . In Low flame ,let them cook well..
5. Mash it with potato masher..
6. Tamper with cumin seeds, mustard seeds,curry leaves, garlic ,red chili  ,asofoetida